Multiple choice Questions and Answers on Cloud Mail Services of Cloud Computing for Freshers

1. Which of the following application allows you to collect subscriptions and view them all in one site?

a) newsreader
b) wordreader
c) aggreader
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: The iGoogle customization site is based on RSS and Atom news feeds.

2. Point out the correct statement:

a) Many Webmail services are free, and the rest are generally modestly priced
b) Webmail may be differentiated from hosted email by its access through a Web browser
c) The current generation of Webmail services implements user interfaces based on Ajax
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

Explanation: These services also sometimes use POP3 and IMAP, which allows them to be used to feed email into traditional email clients like Outlook and Thunderbird.

3. Browser based hosted mail is the prototypical ________ as a Service application.

a) Software
b) Platform
c) Infrastructure
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: Webmail is differentiated from hosted email primarily by the use of browser-based client access.

4. Which was the first free hosted Webmail service to user?

a) Hotmail
b) Yahoo mail
c) Google mail
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: Microsoft acquired HotMail a year later and rebranded it as MSN Hotmail.

5. Point out the wrong statement:

a) Most of the webmail services use spam and virus detection to eliminate unwanted mail
b) Syndication services are a method for publishing content from Websites
c) RSS content cannot be read in most modern browsers
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c

Explanation: When you subscribe to an RSS feed, you create a bookmark or favorite that is updated automatically as new content appears.

6. Which of the following is not a Webmail Service?

a) AOL Mail
b) Windows Live Mail
c) Yahoo Mail
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: d

Explanation: A hit can be measured relatively accurately by looking at the DNS server logs at key points in the Internet backbone.

7. Which of the following Webmail service doesn’t have POP3 support ?

a) AOL Mail
b) ExciteIAC Search & Media
c) BlueTieBlueTie
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: BlueTieBlueTie has both IMAP and POP3 support.

8. Which of the following Webmail service do not have free subscription and service ?

a) LycosDuam
b) Mail.com
c) AOL Mail
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: LycosDuam provides 5GB storage space to users.

9. Which of the following Webmail service does not support both POP3 and IMAP ?

a) Yahoo! Mail
b) ThinkPost.net
c) EmailRackspace
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: Yahoo Mail supports POP3 only.

10. Google Mail service became available first in beta in _______ from Google Labs.

a) 2004
b) 2007
c) 2008
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: In July 2009 Google announced that Gmail and the Google apps were released products.

11. Which of the following transport protocol is used for POP3 and IMAP access in Gmail ?

a) TTP
b) TLS
c) HTTP
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: TLS stands for Transport Layer Security.

12. Point out the wrong statement:

a) Gmail is written to look like an Internet chat utility
b) Gmail tends to perform most of its operations such as archiving on the conversation as a whole
c) When a conversation gets to be 50 messages long, Gmail splits the conversation into a second section
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c

Explanation: When a conversation gets to be 100 messages long, Gmail splits the conversation into a second section.

13. Which of the following prototypical POP3 Webmail mail retrieval service was established in 1997 ?

a) Gmail
b) Mail2Web
c) Yahoo Mail
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: From the Mail2Web interface, you can read messages, reply, and create new messages.

14. Mail2Web also has a mobile email service based on Exchange called __________ Mobile Email.

a) Mail2.com
b) Mail2Web.com
c) MailWeb.com
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: Mail2Web.com provides online access to any POP3 account.

15. Point out the wrong statement:

a) In Gmail, you cannot construct searches with multiple operators using the Advanced Search feature
b) Google uses an advertiser-driven model to supply its free service to users
c) RSS content can be read in most modern browsers
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: In its search function, Google uses the keywords from your search and your search history to match sponsors to you.

16. Which of the following is Microsoft’s Webmail offering and with localized versions in 36 languages ?

a) AOL Mail
b) Windows Live Hotmail
c) Yahoo Mail
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: Windows Live Hotmail is one of the central applications in Microsoft Windows Live product portfolio.

17. Which of the following browser is not supported for Hotmail Service ?

a) Firefox
b) Safari
c) Chrome
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: Windows Live Hotmail was created with Ajax technology.

18. Which of the following Hotmail feature has ability to set a spam filter directly with your mouse ?

a) 1-Click Filters
b) 2-Click Filters
c) Mail Filers
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: Hotmail has a strong feature set.

19. Which of the following adds the ability to synchronize messages, contacts, and calendars on any mobile phone that has ActiveSync ?

a) Exchange ActiveSync
b) Exchange PassiveSync
c) EmailRackspace
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

Explanation: Hotmail also can be viewed in Microsoft Office Outlook using the Outlook Connector or using Windows Live for Windows Mobile phones on that phone’s operating system.

20. Yahoo! added a version of the user interface based on Ajax that looks like a form of _____________

a) Gmail
b) Microsoft Outlook
c) AOL Mail
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b

Explanation: This Ajax interface is based on the work of Oddpost, which the company acquired in 2004.